Median Life

Forget me when I'm gone,
I did nothing great.
In times of trouble 
I laughed 
At all the time we shed.

Forget me when I'm gone, 
For I never really cared.
I gave just enough
To hope 
And not enough to matter.

Forget me when I'm gone,
I took the shortest path.
I blamed all but me
And danced
When everyone else was weeping.

Forget me when I'm gone,
And never think I cried, 
Neither for good nor ill,
But for a loneliness I can't escape.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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